Pre-event registration begun s as delegates arrive at IT&CMA and CTW Asia-Pacific 2012.
From
1st
till the 4 October, the registration desk at Bangkok
Convention Centre at CentralWorld will receive some 2,579 delegates
comprising of exhibitors, buyers,
corporate travel managers, conference delegates, media, VIPs and
trade visitors, from 57 countries across the globe.
The
pre-business days provide delegates with numerous education
opportunities, starting with Global Business
Travel Association’s (GBTA) newly revamped
Fundamentals of Business TravelManagementTM (FBTM) – Associate
Level Course. Previously known as the Corporate Travel Expert (CTE)
Designation course, the FBTM course will be facilitated by Mr. Dean
Fowles, Principal, Travel & Expenses Management, Global Sourcing
Services at Rio Tinto, Singapore and
Mr. Hank Roeder, CTE, Vice President, Chapter Relations, GBTA. The
course has been revised to a day-long format, yet another change from
its earlier 1.5 days duration.
Course
content, which has been specially tailored to corporate travel
professionals in the Asia-Pacific region, has
attracted participation from 14 corporate travel managers from
companies such as AAPC Thailand, Amadeus,American
Express, BCD Travel APAC, Caterpillar Thailand,
Escapades, HPN Global, Huawei Technologies India, Merck, Michelin
Siam, MINDEF, Ministry of Defense Singapore, Mplus Consults,
Sanofi-Aventis and ST Electronics.
GBTA,
a long time IT&CMA and CTW Asia-Pacific partner, has big plans
for the course in Asia-Pacific. Mr. Welf Ebeling, Regional Director
of GBTA Asia said, “The Associate level course has been very well
received this year. We want to bring the Manager level course to Asia
as well. This is an intensive six-day course suited for experienced
corporate travel professionals. Our Leader level course is still
held only in America for now.” Speaking about the Associate level
course at the event today he said, “This course is meant for all
those who are new in the corporate travel industry, as well as for
administrative staff, executive secretaries, human resource personnel
etc. who take care of travel booking and related roles in their
organisations. It has a global outlook, but from the Asia-Pacific
needs point of view...
